Category: Blasket islands
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Thirty Two Words for Field and Sand Talk – Irish and Indigenous wisdom
Connecting with a better world Apart from reading some fantastic books, I’ve been having fun with my new Kick-Start creative writing workshops. They’ve been zipping along with the poetic contributions of talented students, filling the BRAG room on Tuesday nights with laughter and creative verve. BRAG stands for Braidwood Regional Arts Group and you can…
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What’s essential? Pandemic reading
Three outstanding books In the early days of the pandemic a contents box on the front page of a newspaper stated: ‘WHAT’S ESSENTIAL In France, wine In the US, guns.’ For me, it’s books. (Hmmmm, maybe the wine comes a close second.) Some people want to read books like Camus’ The Plague during this pandemic.…